2015 NBA awards predictions/picks and discussion

More glad that Harden didn't win tbh, I don't want to hate that dude as much as I do

he's #2 surely, interested in seeing the totals as curry mvp seemed a sure thing by the end of the season

I'd guess it's near-unanimous curry as no 1 outside of local guys voting for harden and wb and lebron. That run curry had sit the end of the season was impossible to ignore.

grats steph, cool player, amazing season

Player / Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th TOTAL

Stephen Curry, Golden State 100 26 3 — 1 1,198
James Harden, Houston 25 87 13 4 — 936
LeBron James, Cleveland 5 12 62 32 12 552
Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City — 5 33 41 29 352
Anthony Davis, New Orleans — — 9 35 53 203
Chris Paul, L.A. Clippers — — 10 15 29 124
LaMarcus Aldridge, Portland — — — 1 3 6
Marc Gasol, Memphis — — — 1 — 3
Blake Griffin, L.A. Clippers — — — 1 — 3
Tim Duncan, San Antonio — — — — 1 1
Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio — — — — 1 1
Klay Thompson, Golden State — — — — 1 1

lol how did we ever think curry vs harden would be a close race for first

seventh place is sort of interesting since the top six seemed relatively in stone. was aldridge the best of the rest?

played well through injury, so probably got some admiring the sacrifice votes, but that's 1 5th place and 3 6th place votes most of which are prob homers. I'd have voted gasol 6th personally.

*I'm sorry those are 4th and 5th place not 5th and 6th.

not a single first or second place vote for cp3 or brow get a brain morans

17 players received votes last year, 12 this year. As contested as this race was, it was much tighter at the top than in the middle.

http://ak-static.cms.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/04/Kia-2014-15-MVP-Voting-Ballot-Results.pdf

http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/904d02b38876bf1748bf3089228eac1ecd06b659/c=259-0-2924-2004&r=x404&c=534x401/local/-/media/2015/05/04/USATODAY/USATODAY/635663584888991719-USP-NBA-STEPHEN-CURRY-MVP-PRESS-CONFERENCE-72803918.JPG

not feeling his haircut

lol steph his whole persona is unbelievable for an elite athlete, respect

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/2a/2af1a849879b29bf0781d50e0e506630b3f50d66e8faec87e4087269ed9d4f00.jpg

Jimmy Butler MIP

More crowds should chant MIP when players are shooting free throws

FIRST TEAM ALL-DEFENSE (2015, literally)

Tony Allen
Draymond Green
DeAndre Jordan
Kawhi Leonard
Chris Paul

http://static01.nyt.com/images/2015/05/07/sports/grizzlies3/grizzlies3-articleLarge.jpg

2nd team: boaguts, brow, timmy, jimmy buckets, john wall

p good lists dray over brow is a joke tho

brow definitely belongs on the first team but idk if i'd cut draymond to slot him there...would honestly cut deandre instead, put him on 2nd team

gasol, duncan and ad should all be over dj imo

p good lists dray over brow is a joke tho

― lag∞n, Wednesday, May 20, 2015 3:21 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Lol u hate draymond

just imagine what the dubs d wld look like w those two switched cmon!

agree that dj is unworthy too tho

he is just a stooge

just imagine what the dubs d wld look like w those two switched cmon!

― lag∞n, Wednesday, May 20, 2015 9:44 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Don't do that to me man I just almost passed out

ALL-NBA TEAMS:

1ST: steph, harden, bron, brow, marc gasol
2ND: juiceman, cp3, lamarcus, pau, boogie
3RD: kyrie, klay, blake, timmy, deandre

good all-NBA squads. DAJ kind of lucked out that there are no good 2-way centers tho

i cld quibble but yr those r p solid

pau kinda riding his rep a bit but whatever

Swingman down

pau led the league in dubdubs

good all-NBA squads. DAJ kind of lucked out that there are no good 2-way centers tho

― k3vin k., Thursday, May 21, 2015 6:31 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

DeAndre is a good 2 way center, as are the two guys above him.

pau led the league in dubdubs

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, May 21, 2015 9:37 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

horrible defense tho

would mostly just rather have butler on the third team than pau on the second

Gobert should have been above Bogut on all defense but whatever, they'll come around next year.

they both should have been above DeAndre but he played more minutes and voters care about that

awards are always a lagging indicator at best

Gobert should have been above Bogut on all defense but whatever, they'll come around next year.
--Matt Armstrong

pvmic

only one all-nba player didn't make the playoffs this year (cousins), agree it's a lagging indicator at best

good all-NBA squads. DAJ kind of lucked out that there are no good 2-way centers tho

― k3vin k., Thursday, May 21, 2015 6:31 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

DeAndre is a good 2 way center, as are the two guys above him.

― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, May 21, 2015 6:07 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

well i meant other than those guys. in 5 years we'll probably look back and see him as a pretty uninspired choice. it's just dumb that there are probably 5 more forwards who deserve this recognition before DAJ or any other center

All-NBA teams were announced.
4 of the 5 players on the 1st team, and
4 of the 5 players on the 2nd team, and
4 of the 5 players on the 3rd team play in the Western Conference.

ha damn